RA 49.1466° · Dec 32.1840° · star
1 more point to reach Epic.
HR 978 is a rare variable star. It lies about 439 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Per, shines at apparent magnitude 5.98 and has spectral type G8IV.
Its spectrum reads G8IV — a G-type star: the very same spectral class as our own Sun.
Look for HR 978 in the constellation Per. At apparent magnitude 5.98, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, HR 978 is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
HR 978 scores 49 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 1 point would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 7 science badges — Variable star, Naked-eye visible, Sun-like G-type star, Subgiant (leaving the main sequence), Gently variable, Fades out of naked-eye view and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.